Category FAQs Search : Ocean Noise Pollution
Question: Noise Pollution, the Oceans, and the Limits of International Law
Answer: The oceans of the world are becoming increasingly noisy. The primary sources of the new noise are commercial shipping, seismic surveys, and military sonar. Many of these sources of noise appear to have a detrimental impact upon many species in the ocean. Although the scientific questions are being resolved, the legal frameworks through which this problem must be dealt are already mapped, due to the fact that the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) is very clear on both the principles to be applied and how it is to be done.1 In this regard, the framework of UNCLOS neatly divides up the areas of concern of commercial shipping to the International Maritime Organization (IMO); of seismic testing to the sovereign state within its exclusive economic zone and the International.
(Source: , 20 Aug 2021)
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